As we can see on Schubert’s map of 1826-1840, our settlement is not yet present: But it already exists on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863: In the RGIA archive there are documents mentioning our colony and Popina estate. The first worth mentioning is F. 899 Op. 1 S. 468, extreme dates: 1913. Lease agreement and sale record, concluded by gr. Bobrynska (née Polowcewa) N.A. Bobrynska (née Polowcewa) with Zuk I.

In “Inventory of Documents of the Vilnius Central Archive of Ancient Act Books. Issue X.”, March 1, 1580. One can see a record of the sale of Popina by Wojna Vasiliewicz Linewski and part of the lands of his brother Michal Wasil Linewski. The buyer is Bogdan Jackowicz Czernewski. The document mentions a functioning Orthodox church in Popina. From the entry in “Acts published by the Vilna Archaeological Commission.